Coverage of the hearing concludes with former Delta watermaster Craig Wilson and economist Dr. Jeff Michael, plus highlights from the...
Senator Wolk leads a hearing on the Delta tunnels: The Legislative Analyst’s Office first briefs the legislators; Dr. Christina Swanson...
Details include the flexibility and constraints, transfer capability, and water quality benefits of the Delta tunnels project, plus an analysis of it’s ability to capture excess stormflows On Monday, August 17, the Metropolitan Water District’s Special Committee on the Bay...
From the San Luis & Delta-Mendota Water Authority and Westlands Water District: The San Luis & Delta-Mendota Water Authority (Authority)...
From the Bureau of Reclamation: The Bureau of Reclamation will release additional water from Trinity Reservoir for the lower Klamath...
DWR’s Mary Scruggs gives more details on the draft list of critically overdrafted basins; plus an update on the development of groundwater sustainability plan regulations At the August meeting of the California Water Commission, Supervising Engineering Geologist Mary Scruggs briefed...
From the Department of Water Resources: The Department of Water Resources (DWR) has made preliminary identification of 21 groundwater basins...
Maven note: Headline is the one issued with the press release. It should perhaps more properly be: “Groundwater Subsidence Causing...
PPIC’s Dr. Jeff Mount, The Bay Institute’s Gary Bobker, and water resources consultant Maurice Hall give environmental perspectives; ACWA’s Tim Quinn and NCWA’s Todd Manley follow up with the water suppliers’ views The language in the 2009 Delta Reform Act...
From the UC Davis Newsroom: The drought is tightening its grip on California agriculture, squeezing about 30 percent more workers...
Public policy professor Dr. John Kirlin, scientist Dr. Sam Luoma, and Deputy Secretary of Water Policy Karla Nemeth advise the...
From Restore the Delta: Newly released documents gained through Public Records Actions show that water exporters and the Delta Design Construction Enterprise housed within the California Department of Water Resources have already developed plans to “acquire” family farms and right of...
From the Department of Water Resources, Sustainable Groundwater Management Program: The Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA) directs DWR to identify...
A new NASA report shows land in California’s San Joaquin Valley is sinking faster than ever as Californians continue pumping...
What does drought look like? I tried this once before last year. Optimistically, I engaged some of my readers and encouraged them and myself to go out and photograph the drought, only to realize that it really is much harder...